Casco Bay Weekly : 27 September 1990
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Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Casco Bay Weekly (1990) Casco Bay Weekly 9-27-1990 Casco Bay Weekly : 27 September 1990 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1990 Recommended Citation "Casco Bay Weekly : 27 September 1990" (1990). Casco Bay Weekly (1990). 35. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1990/35 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Casco Bay Weekly at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Casco Bay Weekly (1990) by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Greater Portland's news and arts weekly SEPT. 27, 1990 FREE PERSONAL ECOLOGY: OVERPOPULATION MANY PEOPLE Don't take it personally, but a lot of us must die. By Monte Paulsen Each day that dawns, the Earth swells by a population greater than that of the Portland area. From a human perspective, the population explosion is the most difficult problem on Earth. Fighting overpopulation means str. against familial and hormonal procreate, intruding on the privacy relations, violating moral and religious against contraception, and, as a last resort, kill ing unborn children. Population control measures are unpopular, if not downright offensive, to peopleatevery pointalong the political spectrum. But from the perspective of the Earth itself, overpopulation is a simple biological fact: there are more people than there is habitat to support them. There are just too many people. Continued on page 6 INSIDE NEWSBRIEFS pages 2-5 TOO MANY PEOPLE page 6 MOUNTAINOUS BIKES page 10 1 O-DA Y CALENDAR page 12 LISTINGS page 14 YAWNS FROM THE EDGE page 14 WISEBALL page 18 CLASSIFIEDS page 20 POOK page 22 PUZZU page 23 CBW illustration/Peter Gorski Heaven-bound on two wheels Maine mountain bikers take to the powerlines and the slopes By Wayne Curtis bars and down an IS-foot slab of sheer granite. bike bounced down disjointedly after him. Gathered around him at the top of the hill were As he neared the base of the rock he managed to Like the prevailing winds, outdoor recreation about a half-dozen fellow mountain bikers - all of catapult himself into some low-lying bushes, trends blow into New England from the West. If whom purported to be his friends - urging him to let landing just seconds before his bike came to an trends blew in from the East - say, from Paris - we loose and barrel on down. abrupt rest a few feet away. would spend our idle moments lounging about at Ventura checked his helmet, a semi-spherical Ventura stood. He smiled. His friends hooted and the outdoor cafes of Wharf Street, smoking clove foam affair that lent him the appearance of a large called and spoke in tongues: ''Yo! Big air, Dan cigarettes and looking aggrieved. We would confine toadstool. He eased his front wheel over the brink man!" our exertions to the listless swatting of houseflies and released his brakes. The bike accelerated; While calmly checking his abrasions (surprisingly with yesterday'S newspaper. We would live to ripe within moments the front wheel connected with a minor), he said he had watched his bike coming old ages unafflicted by creaky joints. ledge that jutted from the rock. Abiding by the laws down after him as he fell, and had to hustle to get But no. Outdoor obsessions blow in from Califor of physics, the bicycle stopped. out of the way. "Last time I got an axle right in my nia. Which may help explain why Dan Ventura, a Subject to these same laws, Ventura continued head," he said, pointing to the top of his helmet. 25-year-old graphiC designer from Portland, was onward over the handlebars. As he tumbled down "Now that hurt." recently standing astraddle a mountain bike on the cliff, almost every part of his body - clad in Iycra Atherton Hill in Windham, peering over the handle- shorts and a tee-shirt - made contact with rock. His Continued on page 10 Septonber 27, 1990 :I Island Health Center ailing Peaks Islanders want to Spirits breathe new life into their health care center that has Need been ailing since its only Lift? Long lasting, tropical doctor, Anne Collins, took an a extended leave of absence in f{i~ ' ~ ' August. "We see health care \, N ~T ORCHIDS on the island as a necessity 5 stems ,._,.,"11,1, for the elderl y and for ",r,.ppeJ ,.nJ det;1Jered to A review of the top news stories affecting families with young chil SI5 Portu.nd,.nd westbrook. CAsh or ere/lit ,,.rtl. Greater Portland: September 10 through 17, 1990. dren," said Jill Tiffany, president of the center's CHEW(!> ,JUNIOR MINTS@ OR volunteer board. , SUGAR DADDY The board has been HARMON'S' BARTON'S JRS.(!> seeking a replacement for Dr. ~~ Westbrook passes Maine's J 584 Congress Street . ' ~ 117 Brown Street Collins, who worked two and 49 GILLETTE@ ATRA@ RIGHT uU'l\n,u Portland Westbrook 1 OR ATRA PWS@ DEODORANT a half days a week, while 774·5946 854·2518 CARTRIDGES first rent-control law 12 oz. Vanilla or Chocolate exploring ways to expand if All major credit cards accepted on phone orders. Charleston Chew", 10 oz. 09 she returns on a part-time Junior Mints- or 12 oz. 2 By supporting its citizens in a struggle with one of Portland's 49 11 oz. Asst. Jrs.~ 2 5 C1. 5 oz. Bronze or Silver most prominent developers, working class Westbrook became basis. Two physicians and a the first community in Maine to adopt rent-control legislation. physician's assistant, each of The new Mobile Home Park Rent Justification Ordinance whom may be able to work a takes effect immediately. But because there is presently only full day on the island, have one mobile home park that falls under the new law's guidelines, stepped forward in response the law only affects The Hamlet, a 288-site mobile home park to recent publicity on the TIIERE'SNO ;~~ located on Saco Street. center's plight. WHITE RAIN(!> The new law empowers Westbrook Mayor Fred Wescott to SUCH TmNG AS A 1.29 BAUSCH appoint a three-member panel to settle rent disputes, and New 1991 SENSITIVE EYES® Niss found guilty, -1 .00 Mail-In Rebate empowers the panel to decide rents if a settlement cannot be 820 DAILY CLEANER OR & LUlYn,,- to serve five days in stock now ¢ YOUR reached. FREE LUNCH SALINE SPRAY SALINE SOWTION 5315" 29 CHOICEI Residents of The Hamlet petitioned the city to enact the Robert Niss, the Evening 16 oz. Regular or Extra 39 09 ordinance after the park's owners raised lot rents several times Express reporter who was Body Shampoo or Extra 3 2 accused of beating his then 820 Antelope Body Conditioner or 75 oz. 1 oz. Daily Cleaner or 8 oz. Disinfecting Solution 12 oz. Sterile Preserved or over a three-year period. They claimed the owners of The EXira Hold H~Spray 12 oz. Saline Spray or 10 ct. Effervescent Sensitill8 Eyesa Hamlet were squeezing them for unreasonable profits. girlfriend, pled guilty to a The H20 51and , up 10 Ihe demand s of Irail ri din g. bUI abo i ... at home on Cit)' Mreets. Its chromoly framc~c t But David Cope, who along with Michael Liberty is a charge of simple assault on Bur . Sept. 25. Niss became the provide.;; the fo undation of durability. and Shimano ... primary shareholder in the corporation that controls The WE COME CLOSE! 200GS Componenh in.;, ure a .;, moolh. effi cient ride. Hamlet, said the rent increases were necessary to offset costs. subject of local criticism ;e:.. el~ Cope said he offered to open his books to the park's residents, when he continued to write Value packed ATB fun. news stories involving Designed by Trek. Ihe Anlelope series = G!!!2lillI = but no one took him up on it. ~ F!S!!EIII!AMl £!WID - domestic violence even after Lunches offers bolh comfon able m ~ h i-purpo,e ,.,. "",,",,~ __ .OCI" s "We don't think that rent control is the appropriate solu '10 and aggre~5ivc trail ri ding bikes. We he had been accused (CBW -:~ .' IOw<;(.S . tion," said Cope. "But we are confident that the board will kept an eye on va lue so you can kee p 8.2.90). ,glt your eye on the fun . FISHERMAN'S provide a forum in which we can demonstrate that we have not Niss was sentenced to 30 for under' .. ~ ea. V,,.'Il'C:: ® PEDIATRIC FRIEND® been unreasonable in our rent increases." days in the Cumberl and FORMULA 44 COUGH DROPS " 1.29 County Jail, but 25 of those 69 VICKS(!> VAPORUB -1.00 Mail-In Rebate BLISTEX(!> Portland police to days were suspended. He 2 Board of Environmental was also put on one year's 4 oz. Cough, Cough & Cold FINAL take car away Portland's Casual 89 ¢ 69¢ Protection, which may take or Congestion Syrup 1 15 oz. 29 COST .35 oz. probation, during which time but Elegant from drunk driver action at its Oct. 24 meeting. he is not allowed to contact Lunching Spot The Portland Police The DEP recommendation the victim and must submit 59 Federal Street cited traffic studies that • I department is going to try to counseling, according to Portland, ME 04101 predict heavy congestion on (207) 774-2933 - . and take Portlander Kevin Cumberland County District 774-4200 . the turnpike by the middle of Hale's car away. Hale, who Attorney Paul Aranson, who 31 MARKET STREET B was convicted of two drunk this decade.